The growth power of the Northern Netherlands | BNR News Radio
The economy of the Northern Netherlands is in pretty good shape. However, there are also concerns about labor productivity, the level of education and the spread of prosperity.
In this fifth episode of the FD Gazellen Podcast, Hella Hueck talks to Sierd-Jan Koster, senior lecturer in Economic Geography at the University of Groningen. With him we zoom in on the foundations of the Northern Netherlands economy. Particularly in the vicinity of the city of Groningen, it will therefore come from much faster growers. If you travel about 20 kilometers to the east, you see a completely different situation. According to him, investing in digitization is necessary to help this area recover.
FD Gazelle Awards
For the eighteenth time, the editors of Het Financieele Dagblad are organizing the FD Gazellen Awards, one of the most prestigious entrepreneurial awards in the Netherlands. only qualifying companies that grow above average: not only in turnover, but also in personnel and profit. On the afternoon of November 25, the FD Gazellen Awards 2021 will be presented during a major event on Thursday at Theater Amsterdam.